John Gottowt

John Gottowt

Born: June 15, 1881
Died: August 29, 1942
in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]

Movies for John Gottowt...

Nosferatu: The First Vampire
Title: Nosferatu: The First Vampire
Character: Professor Bulwer - ein Paracelsianer
Released: March 15, 1998
Type: Movie
The horror classic, Nosferatu, remastered with a soundtrack by Type-O Negative and hosted by David Carradine.
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The Living Dead
Title: The Living Dead
Character: Beamter des Mechanischen Museums
Released: September 6, 1932
Type: Movie
A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down. Remake of Unheimliche Geschichten (Richard Oswald, 1919).
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The Twelfth Hour
Title: The Twelfth Hour
Character: Sanitarium Doctor
Released: May 16, 1930
Type: Movie
A version of Nosferatu to which sound was added. Some scenes were left out and new ones were added including a different ending. Additionally all the characters names were changed.
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The Flight in the Night
Title: The Flight in the Night
Character: Bediensteter
Released: December 13, 1926
Type: Movie
Based on the play Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello. Conrad Veidt plays Count di Nolli, a nobleman who, after a head injury, imagines he is the medieval emperor. His friends and relatives choose to play along, dressing up as medieval courtiers, but is di Nolli truly mad, or just pretending? The art direction was by Hermann Warm. It was shot on location in Italy. 6 acts, 1856 meters.
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Waxworks
Title: Waxworks
Character: Owner of the Waxworks
Released: November 13, 1924
Type: Movie
A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize the fantastic stories and fall in love for each other.
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Der schwarze Stern
Title: Der schwarze Stern
Released: July 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Crime movie about a mysterious underground cult culminating in a prison revolt.
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Nosferatu
Title: Nosferatu
Character: Professor Bulwer
Released: February 16, 1922
Type: Movie
In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta Schroeder). After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.
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Brennendes Land
Title: Brennendes Land
Character: Wladislaus
Released: March 10, 1921
Type: Movie
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The Night of Queen Isabeau
Title: The Night of Queen Isabeau
Character: Buckliger Narr
Released: November 18, 1920
Type: Movie
The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.
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Algol: Tragedy of Power
Title: Algol: Tragedy of Power
Character: Algol
Released: September 3, 1920
Type: Movie
An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that creates enough energy to power the entire world.
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Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
Title: Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
Character: Guyard
Released: September 2, 1920
Type: Movie
Since completing a portrait of Genuine, a high priestess, Percy becomes irritable and withdrawn. He loses interest in painting and refuses to see his friends, preferring to spend his time alone with the portrait in his study. After turning down a wealthy patron's offer to buy the picture, Percy falls asleep while reading stories of Genuine's life. Genuine comes to life from the painting and escapes. The film's sets were designed by the Expressionist painter César Klein.
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The Hunchback and the Dancer
Title: The Hunchback and the Dancer
Character: James Wilton
Released: July 8, 1920
Type: Movie
Wilton, a hunchback, who was always scorned and ridiculed by women, returns from Java a rich man after having discovered a diamond mine. He romances Gina, who is on the rebound from a broken affair, and showers her with expensive gifts. After Gina reconciles with her boyfriend, she continues to see Wilton because of what he gives her. After he discovers her perfidy, Wilton develops a poison and mixes it into her lipstick, which will kill any man who kisses her.
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Der rote Henker
Title: Der rote Henker
Character: L'Angely
Released: January 1, 1920
Type: Movie
France in the first half of the 17th century, at the time of the Duke and all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu. The courtesan Marion Delorme falls in love with the nobleman Didier de Lassigny, although she is still with another nobleman at the time, the Marquis de Saverny. Marion then leaves the Marquis. This leads to a duel between the two aristocratic gentlemen, although duels were strictly forbidden in these circles by Richelieu. When this becomes known, Didier is put in chains and sentenced to death. Marion sacrifices herself for the sake of her new love, but the sacrifice is in vain. Didier, who refused to flee, is finally beheaded by order of the "red executioner" Richelieu.
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Morphium
Title: Morphium
Released: January 1, 1919
Type: Movie
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Die Prinzessin von Neutralien
Title: Die Prinzessin von Neutralien
Character: The billionaire Vandergold
Released: June 1, 1917
Type: Movie
Billionaire's daughter Ethel Vandergolt has rejected so many lovers that they set up a club to get revenge on her.
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Das schwarze Los
Title: Das schwarze Los
Released: October 20, 1913
Type: Movie
About members of a Commedia dell'arte troupe . Initially cheerful, later tragic events in a triangular relationship consisting of the classic Commedia triumvirate Pierrot, Colombina and Arlecchino.
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The Student of Prague
Title: The Student of Prague
Character: Scapinelli - An Old Adventurer
Released: August 22, 1913
Type: Movie
Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning.